Sunsoft's Hard Edge Returns After 27 Years as a Card Battle on Steam
The revival of a dormant 27-year-old IP with a complete genre shift to a real-time card battle is an unusual move for Sunsoft, targeting PC multiplayer instead of console.
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Sunsoft announced Hard Edge - War Zone, a real-time tactical card battle, releasing July 23 on Steam. It revives the 1998 PlayStation game Hard Edge with a complete genre shift to multiplayer card combat. The game supports up to eight players online in Capture the Flag and Team Deathmatch modes. A demo is available now.
The original Hard Edge was a 3D action adventure game released for PlayStation in 1998. Sunsoft's new title, Hard Edge - War Zone, keeps the setting but changes the genre entirely to a real-time tactical card battle. It launches on Steam on July 23, priced at 1,800 yen. The game supports solo play and online multiplayer for up to eight players in 4v4 matches. Two modes are available: Capture the Flag, where teams secure data disks, and Team Deathmatch. Players build decks from categories like shooting, melee, throwing, and placement, and can act simultaneously with teammates for coordinated attacks. A demo is currently available on Steam.
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